A NASA satellite called Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is watching the waters of the central Pacific, but using a very different technology.
Most satellites that monitor the Pacific off the coast of Peru monitor water temperatures. This is often a great indication that El Nino conditions are underway.It is monitoring wave activity, and the area where El Nino conditions developing are showing higher than normal waves.The enhanced wave are actually one very large wave called a Kelvin wave.Kelvin waves, when they develop at the Equator, bring warm water from the western Pacific to the eastern Pacific.
Scientists already know that a series of Kelvin waves often are a key indicator that El Nino conditions are starting.This data, coupled with already seen warmer than average water temperatures, brings higher certainty that an El Nino will likely develop this summer.
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